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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vole \Vole\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to {Arvicola} and allied genera of the subfamily {Arvicolin[91]}. They have a thick head, short ears, and a short hairy tail. Note: The water vole, or water rat, of Europe ({Arvicola amphibius}) is a common large aquatic species. The short-tailed field vole ({A. agrestis}) of Northern and Central Europe, and Asia, the Southern field vole ({A. arvalis}), and the Siberian root vole ({A. [d2]conomus}), are important European species. The common species of the Eastern United States ({A. riparius}) (called also {meadow mouse}) and the prairie mouse ({A. austerus}) are abundant, and often injurious to vegetation. Other species are found in Canada. | |
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Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fastened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fastening}.] [AS. f[91]stnian; akin to OHG. festin[omac]n. See {Fast}, a.] 1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window. 2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something, or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts. The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. --Swift. 3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden. If I can fasten but one cup upon him. --Shak. {To fasten} {a charge, [or] a crime}, {upon}, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed. {To fasten one's eyes upon}, to look upon steadily without cessation. --Acts iii. 4. Syn: To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex. | |
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Teal \Teal\, n. [OE. tele; akin to D. teling a generation, production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E. till to cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a brood or flock. See {Till} to cultivate.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus {Anas} and the subgenera {Querquedula} and {Nettion}. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings. Note: The common European teal ({Anas crecca}) and the European blue-winged teal, or garganey ({A. querquedula} or {A. circia}), are well-known species. In America the blue-winged teal ({A. discors}), the green-winged teal ({A. Carolinensis}), and the cinnamon teal ({A. cynaoptera}) are common species, valued as game birds. See {Garganey}. {Goose teal}, a goslet. See {Goslet}. {Teal duck}, the common European teal. | |
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Egret \E"gret\, n. [See {Aigret}, {Heron}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret ({Ardea, [or] Herodias, egretta}); the great egret ({A. alba}); the little egret ({A. garzetta}), of Europe; and the American snowy egret ({A. candidissima}). A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. --G. W. Cable. 2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette. 3. (Bot.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A kind of ape. | |
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Greegree \Gree"gree"\, n. An African talisman or Gri'gri' charm. {A greegree man}, an African magician or fetich priest. | |
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d8Adansonia \[d8]Ad`an*so"ni*a\, n. [From Adanson, a French botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, {A. digitata}, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and {A. Gregorii}, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. --D. C. Eaton. | |
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Teal \Teal\, n. [OE. tele; akin to D. teling a generation, production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E. till to cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a brood or flock. See {Till} to cultivate.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus {Anas} and the subgenera {Querquedula} and {Nettion}. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings. Note: The common European teal ({Anas crecca}) and the European blue-winged teal, or garganey ({A. querquedula} or {A. circia}), are well-known species. In America the blue-winged teal ({A. discors}), the green-winged teal ({A. Carolinensis}), and the cinnamon teal ({A. cynaoptera}) are common species, valued as game birds. See {Garganey}. {Goose teal}, a goslet. See {Goslet}. {Teal duck}, the common European teal. | |
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d8Andropogon \[d8]An`dro*po"gon\, n. [NL.; Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + pw`gwn the beard.] (Bot.) A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principal subgenus is {Sorghum}, including {A. sorghum} and {A. halepensis}, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as {A. nardus} and {A. sch[d2]nanthus}, yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery. | |
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Accourage \Ac*cour"age\, v. t. [OF. acoragier; [85] (L. ad) + corage. See {Courage}.] To encourage. [Obs.] | |
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Accresce \Ac*cresce"\, v. i. [L. accrescere. See {Accrue}.] 1. To accrue. [R.] 2. To increase; to grow. [Obs.] --Gillespie. | |
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Accrescence \Ac*cres"cence\, n. [LL. accrescentia.] Continuous growth; an accretion. [R.] The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy. --Coleridge. | |
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Accrescent \Ac*cres"cent\, a. [L. accrescens, -entis, p. pr. of accrescere; ad + crescere to grow. See {Crescent}.] 1. Growing; increasing. --Shuckford. 2. (Bot.) Growing larger after flowering. --Gray. | |
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Accroach \Ac*croach"\, v. t. [OE. acrochen, accrochen, to obtain, OF. acrochier, F. accrocher; [85] (L. ad) + croc hook (E. crook).] 1. To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook. [Obs.] 2. To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives. They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power. --Stubbs. | |
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Accroachment \Ac*croach"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. [Cf. F. accrochement.] An encroachment; usurpation. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Accuracy \Ac"cu*ra*cy\ (#; 277), n. [See {Accurate}.] The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy. The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy. --Reid. The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides. --Lardner. | |
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Accurse \Ac*curse"\, v. t. [OE. acursien, acorsien; pref. a + cursien to curse. See {Curse}.] To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize. And the city shall be accursed. --Josh. vi. 17. Thro' you, my life will be accurst. --Tennyson. | |
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Accursed \Ac*cursed"\, Accurst \Ac*curst"\, p. p. & a. Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, an accursed deed. --Shak. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Accursed \Ac*cursed"\, Accurst \Ac*curst"\, p. p. & a. Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, an accursed deed. --Shak. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Accursed \Ac*cursed"\, Accurst \Ac*curst"\, p. p. & a. Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, an accursed deed. --Shak. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Accursed \Ac*cursed"\, Accurst \Ac*curst"\, p. p. & a. Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, an accursed deed. --Shak. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Sugar \Sug"ar\, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp. az[a3]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [87]arkar[be] sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.] 1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the Note below. Note: The term sugar includes several commercial grades, as the white or refined, granulated, loaf or lump, and the raw brown or muscovado. In a more general sense, it includes several distinct chemical compounds, as the glucoses, or grape sugars (including glucose proper, dextrose, and levulose), and the sucroses, or true sugars (as cane sugar). All sugars are carbohydrates. See {Carbohydrate}. The glucoses, or grape sugars, are ketone alcohols of the formula {C6H12O6}, and they turn the plane of polarization to the right or the left. They are produced from the amyloses and sucroses, as by the action of heat and acids of ferments, and are themselves decomposed by fermentation into alcohol and carbon dioxide. The only sugar (called acrose) as yet produced artificially belongs to this class. The sucroses, or cane sugars, are doubled glucose anhydrides of the formula {C12H22O11}. They are usually not fermentable as such (cf. {Sucrose}), and they act on polarized light. 2. By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweet taste. 3. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words. [Colloq.] {Acorn sugar}. See {Quercite}. {Cane sugar}, sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an isomeric sugar. See {Sucrose}. {Diabetes}, [or] {Diabetic}, {sugar} (Med. Chem.), a variety of sugar (probably grape sugar or dextrose) excreted in the urine in diabetes mellitus. {Fruit sugar}. See under {Fruit}, and {Fructose}. {Grape sugar}, a sirupy or white crystalline sugar (dextrose or glucose) found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe grapes, and also produced from many other sources. See {Dextrose}, and {Glucose}. {Invert sugar}. See under {Invert}. {Malt sugar}, a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found in malt. See {Maltose}. {Manna sugar}, a substance found in manna, resembling, but distinct from, the sugars. See {Mannite}. {Milk sugar}, a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See {Lactose}. {Muscle sugar}, a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. It is found in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. Called also {heart sugar}. See {Inosite}. {Pine sugar}. See {Pinite}. {Starch sugar} (Com. Chem.), a variety of dextrose made by the action of heat and acids on starch from corn, potatoes, etc.; -- called also {potato sugar}, {corn sugar}, and, inaccurately, {invert sugar}. See {Dextrose}, and {Glucose}. {Sugar barek}, one who refines sugar. {Sugar beet} (Bot.), a variety of beet ({Beta vulgaris}) with very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in Europe, for the sugar obtained from them. {Sugar berry} (Bot.), the hackberry. {Sugar bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small South American singing birds of the genera {C[d2]reba}, {Dacnis}, and allied genera belonging to the family {C[d2]rebid[91]}. They are allied to the honey eaters. {Sugar bush}. See {Sugar orchard}. {Sugar camp}, a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple sugar is made. {Sugar candian}, sugar candy. [Obs.] {Sugar candy}, sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized; candy made from sugar. {Sugar cane} (Bot.), a tall perennial grass ({Saccharum officinarium}), with thick short-jointed stems. It has been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar. {Sugar loaf}. (a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone. (b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf. Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar loaf? --J. Webster. {Sugar maple} (Bot.), the rock maple ({Acer saccharinum}). See {Maple}. {Sugar mill}, a machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers, between which the cane is passed. {Sugar mite}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small mite ({Tyroglyphus sacchari}), often found in great numbers in unrefined sugar. (b) The lepisma. {Sugar of lead}. See {Sugar}, 2, above. {Sugar of milk}. See under {Milk}. {Sugar orchard}, a collection of maple trees selected and preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; -- called also, sometimes, {sugar bush}. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Sugar pine} (Bot.), an immense coniferous tree ({Pinus Lambertiana}) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a substitute for sugar. {Sugar squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian flying phalanger ({Belideus sciureus}), having a long bushy tail and a large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See Illust. under {Phlanger}. {Sugar tongs}, small tongs, as of silver, used at table for taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl. {Sugar tree}. (Bot.) See {Sugar maple}, above. | |
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Aceric \A*cer"ic\, a. [L. acer maple.] Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid. --Ure. | |
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Acerose \Ac"er*ose`\, a. [(a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen. aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F. ac[82]reux.] (Bot.) (a) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. (b) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine. | |
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Acerous \Ac"er*ous\, a. Same as {Acerose}. | |
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Acerous \Ac"er*ous\, a. [Gr. [alpha] priv. + ke`ras a horn.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks. (b) Without antenn[91], as some insects. | |
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Hogchoker \Hog"chok`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American sole ({Achirus lineatus}, {or A. achirus}), related to the European sole, but of no market value. | |
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Sapodilla \Sap`o*dil"la\, n. [Sp. zapote, sapotillo, zapotillo, Mexican cochit-zapotl. Cf. {Sapota}.] (Bot.) A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree ({Achras Sapota}); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. [Written also {sapadillo}, {sappadillo}, {sappodilla}, and {zapotilla}.] {Sapodilla plum} (Bot.), the fruit of {Achras Sapota}. It is about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being of a dirty yellowish white color, very soft, and deliciously sweet. Called also {naseberry}. It is eatable only when it begins to be spotted, and is much used in desserts. | |
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Achroous \Ach"ro*ous\, a. [Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?] color.] Colorless; achromatic. | |
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Acierage \Ac`i*er*age\, n. [F. aci[82]rage, fr. acier steel.] The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electricity; steeling. | |
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Aciurgy \Ac"i*ur`gy\, n. [Gr. [?] a point + [?] work.] Operative surgery. | |
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Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[c7]te; akin to OFries. sw[c7]te, OS. sw[d3]ti, D. zoet, G. s[81]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[91]tr, s[d2]tr, Sw. s[94]t, Dan. s[94]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for suadvis, Gr. [?], Skr. sv[be]du sweet, svad, sv[be]d, to sweeten. [fb]175. Cf. {Assuage}, {Suave}, {Suasion}.] 1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges. 2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. The breath of these flowers is sweet to me. --Longfellow. 3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer. To make his English sweet upon his tongue. --Chaucer. A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne. 4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. 5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon. 6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish. 7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades? --Job xxxviii. 31. Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold. Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc. {Sweet alyssum}. (Bot.) See {Alyssum}. {Sweet apple}. (Bot.) (a) Any apple of sweet flavor. (b) See {Sweet-top}. {Sweet bay}. (Bot.) (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis}). (b) Swamp sassafras. {Sweet calabash} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Passiflora} ({P. maliformis}) growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple. {Sweet cicely}. (Bot.) (a) Either of the North American plants of the umbelliferous genus {Osmorrhiza} having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray. (b) A plant of the genus {Myrrhis} ({M. odorata}) growing in England. {Sweet calamus}, [or] {Sweet cane}. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet flag}, below. {Sweet Cistus} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Cistus Ladanum}) from which the gum ladanum is obtained. {Sweet clover}. (Bot.) See {Melilot}. {Sweet coltsfoot} (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites sagittata}) found in Western North America. {Sweet corn} (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. See the Note under {Corn}. {Sweet fern} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Comptonia, [or] Myrica, asplenifolia}) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves. {Sweet flag} (Bot.), an endogenous plant ({Acorus Calamus}) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See {Calamus}, 2. {Sweet gale} (Bot.), a shrub ({Myrica Gale}) having bitter fragrant leaves; -- also called {sweet willow}, and {Dutch myrtle}. See 5th {Gale}. {Sweet grass} (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass. {Sweet gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar styraciflua}). See {Liquidambar}. {Sweet herbs}, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes. {Sweet John} (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William. {Sweet leaf} (Bot.), horse sugar. See under {Horse}. {Sweet marjoram}. (Bot.) See {Marjoram}. {Sweet marten} (Zo[94]l.), the pine marten. {Sweet maudlin} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea Ageratum}) allied to milfoil. {Sweet oil}, olive oil. {Sweet pea}. (Bot.) See under {Pea}. {Sweet potato}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}. {Sweet rush} (Bot.), sweet flag. {Sweet spirits of niter} (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous ether}, under {Spirit}. {Sweet sultan} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({C. odorata}); -- called also {sultan flower}. {Sweet tooth}, an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats. [Colloq.] {Sweet William}. (a) (Bot.) A species of pink ({Dianthus barbatus}) of many varieties. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The willow warbler. (c) (Zo[94]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also {sweet Billy}. [Prov. Eng.] {Sweet willow} (Bot.), sweet gale. {Sweet wine}. See {Dry wine}, under {Dry}. {To be sweet on}, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious. | |
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Acrase \A*crase"\, Acraze \A*craze"\, v. t. [Pref. a- + crase; or cf. F. [82]craser to crush. See {Crase}, {Craze}.] 1. To craze. [Obs.] --Grafton. 2. To impair; to destroy. [Obs.] --Hacket. | |
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d8Acrasia \[d8]A*cra"si*a\, Acrasy \Ac"ra*sy\n. [Gr. akrasia.] Excess; intemperance. [Obs. except in Med.] --Farindon. | |
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Acrase \A*crase"\, Acraze \A*craze"\, v. t. [Pref. a- + crase; or cf. F. [82]craser to crush. See {Crase}, {Craze}.] 1. To craze. [Obs.] --Grafton. 2. To impair; to destroy. [Obs.] --Hacket. | |
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Acreage \A"cre*age\, n. Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country. | |
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Cricket \Crick"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet, criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D. kriek a cricket. See {Creak}.] (Zo[94]l.) An orthopterous insect of the genus {Gryllus}, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings. Note: The common European cricket is {Gryllus domesticus}; the common large black crickets of America are {G. niger}, {G. neglectus}, and others. {Balm cricket}. See under {Balm}. {Cricket bird}, a small European bird ({Silvia locustella}); -- called also {grasshopper warbler}. {Cricket frog}, a small American tree frog ({Acris gryllus}); -- so called from its chirping. | |
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d8Acrisia \[d8]A*cris"i*a\, Acrisy \Ac"ri*sy\, n. [LL. acrisia, Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?] to separate, to decide.] 1. Inability to judge. 2. (Med.) Undecided character of a disease. [Obs.] | |
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Acrocarpous \Ac`ro*car"pous\, a. [Gr. [?] extreme, highest + [?] fruit.] (Bot.) (a) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. (b) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses. | |
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Acrocephalic \Ac`ro*ce*phal"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] highest + [?]. See {Cephalic}.] Characterized by a high skull. | |
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Mockbird \Mock"bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus phragmitis}). | |
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Night \Night\, n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[?]tt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nachts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, gr. [?], [?], Skr. nakta, nakti. [root] 265. Cf. {Equinox}, {Nocturnal}.] 1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. --Gen. i. 5. 2. Hence: (a) Darkness; obscurity; concealment. Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night. --Pope. (b) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance. (c) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow. (d) The period after the close of life; death. She closed her eyes in everlasting night. --Dryden. (e) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep. [bd]Sad winter's night[b8]. --Spenser. Note: Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc. {Night by night}, {Night after night}, nightly; many nights. So help me God, as I have watched the night, Ay, night by night, in studying good for England. --Shak. {Night bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The moor hen ({Gallinula chloropus}). (b) The Manx shearwater ({Puffinus Anglorum}). {Night blindness}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}. {Night cart}, a cart used to remove the contents of privies by night. {Night churr}, (Zo[94]l.), the nightjar. {Night crow}, a bird that cries in the night. {Night dog}, a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by poachers. {Night fire}. (a) Fire burning in the night. (b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern. {Night flyer} (Zo[94]l.), any creature that flies in the night, as some birds and insects. {night glass}, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night. --Totten. {Night green}, iodine green. {Night hag}, a witch supposed to wander in the night. {Night hawk} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Chordeiles Virginianus}), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is called also {bull bat}. {Night heron} ({Zo[94]l}.), any one of several species of herons of the genus {Nycticorax}, found in various parts of the world. The best known species is {Nycticorax griseus}, or {N. nycticorax}, of Europe, and the American variety (var. n[91]vius). The yellow-crowned night heron ({Nycticorax violaceus}) inhabits the Southern States. Called also {qua-bird}, and {squawk}. {Night house}, a public house, or inn, which is open at night. {Night key}, a key for unfastening a night latch. {Night latch}, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated from the outside by a key. {Night monkey} (Zo[94]l.), an owl monkey. {night moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of the noctuids. {Night parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the kakapo. {Night piece}, a painting representing some night scene, as a moonlight effect, or the like. {Night rail}, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness. [Obs.] {Night raven} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the night; esp., the bittern. {Night rule}. (a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; -- as if a corruption, of night revel. [Obs.] (b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at night. What night rule now about this haunted grove? --Shak. {Night sight}. (Med.) See {Nyctolopia}. {Night snap}, a night thief. [Cant] --Beau. & Fl. {Night soil}, human excrement; -- so called because in cities it is collected by night and carried away for manure. {Night spell}, a charm against accidents at night. {Night swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the nightjar. {Night walk}, a walk in the evening or night. {Night walker}. (a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a noctambulist. (b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes; specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets. {Night walking}. (a) Walking in one's sleep; somnambulism; noctambulism. (b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs. {Night warbler} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus phragmitis}); -- called also {night singer}. [prov. Eng.] {Night watch}. (a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change of watch. (b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night. {Night watcher}, one who watches in the night; especially, one who watches with evil designs. {Night witch}. Same as {Night hag}, above. | |
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Sedge \Sedge\, n. [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; -- probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L. secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W. hesg. Cf. {Hassock}, {Saw} the instrument.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Carex}, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species. Note: The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the order {Cyperace[91]}, which includes {Carex}, {Cyperus}, {Scirpus}, and many other genera of rushlike plants. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A flock of herons. {Sedge ken} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under 5th {Rail}. {Sedge warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small European singing bird ({Acrocephalus phragmitis}). It often builds its nest among reeds; -- called also {sedge bird}, {sedge wren}, {night warbler}, and {Scotch nightingale}. | |
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Reed \Reed\, n. [AS. hre[oacute]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America ({Phragmites communis}). 2. A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe. Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed Of Hermes. --Milton. 3. An arrow, as made of a reed. --Prior. 4. Straw prepared for thatching a roof. [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Mus.) (a) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube. (b) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ. 6. (Weaving) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See {Batten}. 7. (Mining) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting. 8. (Arch.) Same as {Reeding}. {Egyptian reed} (Bot.), the papyrus. {Free reed} (Mus.), a reed whose edges do not overlap the wind passage, -- used in the harmonium, concertina, etc. It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of the organ and clarinet. {Meadow reed grass} (Bot.), the {Glyceria aquatica}, a tall grass found in wet places. {Reed babbler}. See {Reedbird}. {Reed bunting} (Zo[94]l.) A European sparrow ({Emberiza sch[oe]niclus}) which frequents marshy places; -- called also {reed sparrow}, {ring bunting}. (b) Reedling. {Reed canary grass} (Bot.), a tall wild grass ({Phalaris arundinacea}). {Reed grass}. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, 1. (b) A plant of the genus {Sparganium}; bur reed. See under {Bur}. {Reed organ} (Mus.), an organ in which the wind acts on a set of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina, etc. {Reed pipe} (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed. {Reed sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Reed bunting}, above. {Reed stop} (Mus.), a set of pipes in an organ furnished with reeds. {Reed warbler}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European warbler ({Acrocephalus streperus}); -- called also {reed wren}. (b) Any one of several species of Indian and Australian warblers of the genera {Acrocephalus}, {Calamoherpe}, and {Arundinax}. They are excellent singers. {Sea-sand reed} (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass ({Ammophila arundinacea}). See {Beach grass}, under {Beach}. {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass ({Cinna arundinacea}), common in moist woods. | |
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Acrocephaly \Ac`ro*ceph"a*ly\, n. Loftiness of skull. | |
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Acroceraunian \Ac`ro*ce*rau"ni*an\, a. [L. acroceraunius, fr. Gr. [?] high, n. pl. [?] heights + [?] thunderbolt.] Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of [bd]thunder-smitten[b8] peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia. --Shelley. | |
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Harlequin \Har"le*quin\, n. [F. arlequin,formerly written also harlequin (cf. It, arlecchino), prob. fr. OF. hierlekin, hellequin, goblin, elf, which is prob. of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. hel hell. Cf. {Hell}, {Kin}.] A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. --Percy Smith. As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. --Johnson. {Harlequin bat} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian bat ({Scotophilus ornatus}), curiously variegated with white spots. {Harlequin beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a very large South American beetle ({Acrocinus longimanus}) having very long legs and antenn[91]. The elytra are curiously marked with red, black, and gray. {Harlequin cabbage bug}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Calicoback}. {Harlequin caterpillar}. (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American bombycid moth {(Euch[91]tes egle)} which is covered with black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair. {Harlequin duck} (Zo[94]l.), a North American duck ({Histrionicus histrionicus}). The male is dark ash, curiously streaked with white. {Harlequin moth}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Magpie Moth}. {Harlequin opal}. See {Opal}. {Harlequin snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, poisonous snake ({Elaps fulvius}), ringed with red and black, found in the Southern United States. | |
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{Macaw bush} (Bot.), a West Indian name for a prickly kind of nightshade ({Solanum mammosum}). {Macaw palm}, {Macaw tree} (Bot.), a tropical American palm ({Acrocomia fusiformis} and other species) having a prickly stem and pinnately divided leaves. Its nut yields a yellow butter, with the perfume of violets, which is used in making violet soap. Called also {grugru palm}. | |
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Acrogen \Ac"ro*gen\, n. [Gr. [?] extreme, high + -gen.] Acrogen \Ac"ro*gen\, n. [Gr. 'a`kros extreme, high + -gen.] (Bot.) A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. See {Cryptogamia}. {The Age of Acrogens} (Geol.), the age of coal plants, or the carboniferous era. | |
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Acrogenous \Ac*rog"e*nous\, a. (Bot.) Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant. | |
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Acrook \A*crook"\, adv. Crookedly. [R.] --Udall. | |
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Acrospire \Ac"ro*spire\, n. [Gr. [?] + [?] anything twisted.] (Bot.) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form. | |
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Acrospire \Ac"ro*spire\, v. i. To put forth the first sprout. | |
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Acrospore \Ac"ro*spore\, n. [Gr. [?] + [?] fruit.] (Bot.) A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi. | |
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Acrosporous \Ac"ro*spor"ous\, a. Having acrospores. | |
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Across \A*cross"\, adv. 1. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across. --Shak. 2. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [Obs.] The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the actions of Christ. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Across \A*cross"\ (#; 115), prep. [Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, n.] From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. --Dryden. {To come across}, to come upon or meet incidentally. --Freeman. {To go across the country}, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads. | |
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Acrostic \A*cros"tic\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] extreme + [?] order, line, verse.] 1. A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto. 2. A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See {Abecedarian}. {Double acrostic}, a species of enigma | |
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Acrostic \A*cros"tic\, Acrostical \A*cros"tic*al\, n. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics. | |
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Acrostic \A*cros"tic\, Acrostical \A*cros"tic*al\, n. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics. | |
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Acrostically \A*cros"tic*al*ly\, adv. After the manner of an acrostic. | |
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Agar-agar \A`gar-a"gar\, n. A gelatinlike substance, or a solution of it, prepared from certain seaweeds containing gelose, and used in the artificial cultivation of bacteria; -- often called {agar}, by abbreviation. | |
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Agaric \Ag"a*ric\ (?; 277), n. [L. agaricum, Gr. [?], said to be fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia.] 1. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus {Agaricus}, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example. 2. An old name for several species of {Polyporus}, corky fungi growing on decaying wood. Note: The [bd]female agaric[b8] ({Polyporus officinalis}) was renowned as a cathartic; the [bd]male agaric[b8] ({Polyporus igniarius}) is used for preparing touchwood, called punk or German tinder. {Agaric mineral}, a light, chalky deposit of carbonate of lime, sometimes called {rock milk}, formed in caverns or fissures of limestone. | |
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Agaric \Ag"a*ric\ (?; 277), n. [L. agaricum, Gr. [?], said to be fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia.] 1. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus {Agaricus}, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example. 2. An old name for several species of {Polyporus}, corky fungi growing on decaying wood. Note: The [bd]female agaric[b8] ({Polyporus officinalis}) was renowned as a cathartic; the [bd]male agaric[b8] ({Polyporus igniarius}) is used for preparing touchwood, called punk or German tinder. {Agaric mineral}, a light, chalky deposit of carbonate of lime, sometimes called {rock milk}, formed in caverns or fissures of limestone. | |
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Mushroom \Mush"room\, n. [OE. muscheron, OF. mouscheron, F. mousseron; perhaps fr. mousse moss, of German origin. See {Moss}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) An edible fungus ({Agaricus campestris}), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn. (b) Any large fungus, especially one of the genus {Agaricus}; a toadstool. Several species are edible; but many are very poisonous. | |
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Champignon \Cham*pi"gnon\, n. [F., a mushroom, ultimately fr. L. campus field. See {Camp}.] (Bot.) An edible species of mushroom ({Agaricus campestris}). {Fairy ring champignon}, the {Marasmius oreades}, which has a strong flavor but is edible. | |
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Muscarin \Mus*ca"rin\, n. (Physiol. Chem.) A solid crystalline substance, {C5H13NO2}, found in the toadstool ({Agaricus muscarius}), and in putrid fish. It is a typical ptomaine, and a violent poison. | |
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d8Amanita \[d8]Am`a*ni"ta\, n. [NL. See {Amanitine}.] (Bot.) A genus of poisonous fungi of the family {Agaricace[91]}, characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. {Amanita muscaria}, syn. {Agaricus muscarius}, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and {A. phalloides} is the death cup. | |
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Fly amanita \Fly amanita\, Fly fungus \Fly fungus\ . (Bot.) A poisonous mushroom ({Amanita muscaria}, syn. {Agaricus muscarius}), having usually a bright red or yellowish cap covered with irregular white spots. It has a distinct volva at the base, generally an upper ring on the stalk, and white spores. Called also {fly agaric}, {deadly amanita}. | |
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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.] A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B. Jonson. 4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger. 5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.] 6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end. 7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows. 8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card. --Totten. 9. (Mech.) (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock. (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See {Fly wheel} (below). 10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight. 11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn. 12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk. --Knight. 13. (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press. (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work. 14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place. 15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater. 16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons. 17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block} (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings, formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the driving power being applied by the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L. Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. -- {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray. {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects. {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger nut. {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose flowers resemble flies. {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that feed upon or are entangled by it. {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies. {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc., operated by hand and having a heavy fly. {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged leaf of a table. {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly. {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill. {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray. {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9. {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a batted ball caught before touching the ground. | |
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Flybane \Fly"bane`\, n. (Bot.) A kind of catchfly of the genus {Silene}; also, a poisonous mushroom ({Agaricus muscarius}); fly agaric. | |
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Aggerose \Ag`ger*ose"\, a. In heaps; full of heaps. | |
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Aggrace \Ag*grace"\, v. t. [Pref. a- + grace: cf. It. aggraziare, LL. aggratiare. See {Grace}.] To favor; to grace. [Obs.] [bd]That knight so much aggraced.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Aggrace \Ag*grace"\, n. Grace; favor. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, a. [L. aggregatus, p. p.] 1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective. The aggregate testimony of many hundreds. --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands. 3. (Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry. 4. (Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means. 5. (Zo[94]l.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals. {Corporation aggregate}. (Law) See under {Corporation}. | |
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Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggregated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aggregating}.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect into a flock, grex flock, herd. See {Gregarious}.] 1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. [bd]The aggregated soil.[b8] --Milton. 2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association. It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated. --Wollaston. 3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.] Syn: To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect. | |
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Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, n. 1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc. Note: In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixed than in a compound. 2. (Physics) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a {compound}, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles. {In the aggregate}, collectively; together. | |
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Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggregated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aggregating}.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect into a flock, grex flock, herd. See {Gregarious}.] 1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. [bd]The aggregated soil.[b8] --Milton. 2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association. It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated. --Wollaston. 3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.] Syn: To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect. | |
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Aggregately \Ag"gre*gate*ly\, adv. Collectively; in mass. | |
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Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggregated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aggregating}.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect into a flock, grex flock, herd. See {Gregarious}.] 1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. [bd]The aggregated soil.[b8] --Milton. 2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association. It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated. --Wollaston. 3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.] Syn: To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect. | |
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Aggregation \Ag`gre*ga"tion\, n. [Cf. LL. aggregatio, F. agr[82]gation.] The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate. Each genus is made up by aggregation of species. --Carpenter. A nation is not an idea only of local extent and individual momentary aggregation, but . . . of continuity, which extends in time as well as in numbers, and in space. --Burke. | |
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Aggregative \Ag"gre*ga*tive\, a. [Cf. Fr. agr[82]gatif.] 1. Taken together; collective. 2. Gregarious; social. [R.] --Carlyle. | |
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Aggregator \Ag"gre*ga`tor\, n. One who aggregates. | |
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Aggrege \Ag*grege"\, v. t. [OF. agreger. See {Aggravate}.] To make heavy; to aggravate. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Aggress \Ag*gress"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aggressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aggressing}.] [L. aggressus, p. p. of aggredi to go to, approach; ad + gradi to step, go, gradus step: cf. OF. aggresser. See {Grade}.] To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on. | |
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Aggress \Ag*gress"\, v. t. To set upon; to attack. [R.] | |
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Aggress \Ag*gress"\, n. [L. aggressus.] Aggression. [Obs.] Their military aggresses on others. --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Aggress \Ag*gress"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aggressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aggressing}.] [L. aggressus, p. p. of aggredi to go to, approach; ad + gradi to step, go, gradus step: cf. OF. aggresser. See {Grade}.] To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on. | |
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Aggress \Ag*gress"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aggressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aggressing}.] [L. aggressus, p. p. of aggredi to go to, approach; ad + gradi to step, go, gradus step: cf. OF. aggresser. See {Grade}.] To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on. | |
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Aggression \Ag*gres"sion\, n. [L. aggressio, fr. aggredi: cf. F. agression.] The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. [bd]Aggressions of power.[b8] --Hallam Syn: Attack; offense; intrusion; provocation. | |
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Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.] Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. -- {Ag*gres"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Ag*gres"sive*ness}, n. No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay. | |
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Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.] Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. -- {Ag*gres"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Ag*gres"sive*ness}, n. No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay. | |
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Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.] Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. -- {Ag*gres"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Ag*gres"sive*ness}, n. No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay. | |
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Aggressor \Ag*gres"sor\, n. [L.: cf. F. agresseur.] The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant. The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned to the tameness of the sufferer. --Ames. | |
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Agrace \A*grace"\, n. & v. See {Aggrace}. [Obs.] | |
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Agrestic \A*gres"tic\, a. [L. agrestis, fr. ager field.] Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth. [bd]Agrestic behavior.[b8] --Gregory. | |
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Agrestical \A*gres"tic*al\, a. Agrestic. [Obs.] | |
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Agricolation \A*gric`o*la"tion\, n. [L., agricolatio.] Agriculture. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Agricolist \A*gric"o*list\, n. A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist. --Dodsley. | |
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Agricultor \Ag"ri*cul`tor\, n. [L., fr. ager field + cultor cultivator.] An agriculturist; a farmer. [R.] | |
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Agricultural \Ag`ri*cul"tur*al\, a. Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- {Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly}, adv. {Agricultural ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species ({Myrmica barbata}) found in Texas clears circular areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice. | |
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Agricultural \Ag`ri*cul"tur*al\, a. Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- {Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly}, adv. {Agricultural ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species ({Myrmica barbata}) found in Texas clears circular areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice. | |
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Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\, a. & n., from {Harvest}, v. t. {Harvesting ant} (Zo[94]l.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known. Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are {Aphenogaster structor} and {A. barbara}; that of Texas, called {agricultural ant}, is {Pogonomyrmex barbatus} or {Myrmica molifaciens}; that of Florida is {P. crudelis}. See {Agricultural ant}, under {Agricultural}. | |
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Agricultural \Ag`ri*cul"tur*al\, a. Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- {Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly}, adv. {Agricultural ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species ({Myrmica barbata}) found in Texas clears circular areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice. | |
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Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\, a. & n., from {Harvest}, v. t. {Harvesting ant} (Zo[94]l.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known. Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are {Aphenogaster structor} and {A. barbara}; that of Texas, called {agricultural ant}, is {Pogonomyrmex barbatus} or {Myrmica molifaciens}; that of Florida is {P. crudelis}. See {Agricultural ant}, under {Agricultural}. | |
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Agriculturalist \Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ist\, n. An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.) | |
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Agricultural \Ag`ri*cul"tur*al\, a. Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- {Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly}, adv. {Agricultural ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species ({Myrmica barbata}) found in Texas clears circular areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice. | |
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Agriculture \Ag"ri*cul`ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. agricultura; ager field + cultura cultivation: cf. F. agriculture. See {Acre} and {Culture}.] The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming. | |
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Agriculturism \Ag`ri*cul"tur*ism\, n. Agriculture. [R.] | |
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Agriculturist \Ag`ri*cul"tur*ist\, n. One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman. The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist. --Crabb. | |
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Agrise \A*grise"\, v. i. [AS. [be]gr[c6]san to dread; [be]- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + gr[c6]san, for gr[?]san (only in comp.), akin to OHG. gr[?]is[?]n, G. grausen, to shudder. See {Grisly}.] To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Agrise \A*grise"\, v. t. 1. To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. [Obs.] --Wyclif. 2. To terrify; to affright. [Obs.] His manly face that did his foes agrise. --Spenser. | |
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Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small variety, used for popping. 3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. 4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8] --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal. {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {sword lily}. {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}. (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}. {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn. {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}), common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}. {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn. {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}. {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V. olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}. {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}. {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}. | |
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Yellowtop \Yel"low*top`\, n. (Bot.) A kind of grass, perhaps a species of {Agrostis}. | |
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Fiorin \Fi"o*rin\, n. [Cf. Ir. fiothran a sort of grass.] (Bot.) A species of creeping bent grass ({Agrostis alba}); -- called also {fiorin grass}. | |
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Flyaway grass \Flyaway grass\ (Bot.) The hair grass ({Agrostis scabra}). So called from its light panicle, which is blown to great distances by the wind. | |
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Hair grass \Hair" grass`\ (Bot.) A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the {Agrostis scabra}, and several species of {Aira} or {Deschampsia}. | |
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Windlestrae \Win"dle*strae`\, Windlestraw \Win"dle*straw`\, n. (Bot.) A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. {Agrostis Spica-ventis}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Shelley. | |
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Redtop \Red"top`\ (-t?p`), n. (Bot.) A kind of grass ({Agrostis vulgaris}) highly valued in the United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; -- called also {English grass}, and in some localities {herd's grass}. See Illustration in Appendix. The tall redtop is {Triodia seslerioides}. | |
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d8Agrostis \[d8]A*gros"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop ({Agrostis vulgaris}), are valuable pasture grasses. | |
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Bent \Bent\, n. [AS. beonet; akin to OHG. pinuz, G. binse, rush, bent grass; of unknown origin.] 1. A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass. His spear a bent, both stiff and strong. --Drayton. 2. (Bot.) A grass of the genus {Agrostis}, esp. {Agrostis vulgaris}, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America. 3. Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor. [Obs.] --Wright. Bowmen bickered upon the bent. --Chevy Chase. | |
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Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass, ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}. Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}. Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}. Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}. Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc. {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay. {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum avenaceum} of Europe. {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia} growing in wet ground. The European species is {P. palustris}; in the United States there are several species. {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass. {Grass bird}, the dunlin. {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant. {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes. {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and {bay-winged bunting}. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of which several species are known. {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk. {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled. {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus {Crambus}, found in grass. {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc. {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix Capensis}). {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also applied to the zebra parrakeet. {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover. {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson. {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow. {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See {Green snake}, under {Green}. {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America. {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew. {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas. {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}. {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with narrow grasslike leaves. {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.] {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass. {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground. {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze a season, as cattle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Agrostographic \A*gros`to*graph"ic\, Agrostographical \A*gros`to*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. agrostographique.] Pertaining to agrostography. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Agrostographic \A*gros`to*graph"ic\, Agrostographical \A*gros`to*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. agrostographique.] Pertaining to agrostography. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Agrostography \Ag`ros*tog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] + -graphy.] A description of the grasses. | |
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Agrostologic \A*gros`to*log"ic\, Agrostological \A*gros`to*log"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to agrostology. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Agrostologic \A*gros`to*log"ic\, Agrostological \A*gros`to*log"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to agrostology. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Agrostologist \Ag`ros*tol"o*gist\, n. One skilled in agrostology. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Agrostology \Ag`ros*tol"ogy\, n. [Gr. [?] + -logy.] That part of botany which treats of the grasses. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nitrohydrochloric \Ni`tro*hy`dro*chlo"ric\, a. [Nitro- + hydrochloric.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloric acids. {Nitrohydrochloric acid}, a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids, usually in the proportion of one part of the former to three of the latter, and remarkable for its solvent action on gold and platinum; -- called also {nitromuriatic acid}, and {aqua regia}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Aqua \[d8]A"qua\, n. [L. See {Ewer}.] Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed. {Aqua ammoni[91]}, the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid ammonia; often called {aqua ammonia}. {Aqua marine}, or {Aqua marina}. Same as {Aquamarine}. {Aqua regia}. [L., royal water] (Chem.), a very corrosive fuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the [bd]royal[b8] metal. {Aqua Tofana}, a fluid containing arsenic, and used for secret poisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana, in the middle of the 17th century, who is said to have poisoned more than 600 persons. --Francis. {Aqua vit[91]}[L., water of life. Cf. {Eau de vie}, {Usquebaugh}], a name given to brandy and some other ardent spirits. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nitrohydrochloric \Ni`tro*hy`dro*chlo"ric\, a. [Nitro- + hydrochloric.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloric acids. {Nitrohydrochloric acid}, a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids, usually in the proportion of one part of the former to three of the latter, and remarkable for its solvent action on gold and platinum; -- called also {nitromuriatic acid}, and {aqua regia}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Aqua \[d8]A"qua\, n. [L. See {Ewer}.] Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed. {Aqua ammoni[91]}, the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid ammonia; often called {aqua ammonia}. {Aqua marine}, or {Aqua marina}. Same as {Aquamarine}. {Aqua regia}. [L., royal water] (Chem.), a very corrosive fuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the [bd]royal[b8] metal. {Aqua Tofana}, a fluid containing arsenic, and used for secret poisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana, in the middle of the 17th century, who is said to have poisoned more than 600 persons. --Francis. {Aqua vit[91]}[L., water of life. Cf. {Eau de vie}, {Usquebaugh}], a name given to brandy and some other ardent spirits. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sign \Sign\, n. [F. signe, L. signum; cf. AS. segen, segn, a sign, standard, banner, also fr. L. signum. Cf. {Ensign}, {Resign}, {Seal} a stamp, {Signal}, {Signet}.] That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof. Specifically: (a) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen. (b) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder. Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God. --Rom. xv. 19. It shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. --Ex. iv. 8. (c) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument. What time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign. --Num. xxvi. 10. (d) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture. The holy symbols, or signs, are not barely significative; but what they represent is as certainly delivered to us as the symbols themselves. --Brerewood. Saint George of Merry England, the sign of victory. --Spenser. (e) A word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of ideas. (f) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is expressed, or a command or a wish made known. They made signs to his father, how he would have him called. --Luke i. 62. (g) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb. Note: Educaters of the deaf distinguish between natural signs, which serve for communicating ideas, and methodical, or systematic, signs, adapted for the dictation, or the rendering, of written language, word by word; and thus the signs are to be distinguished from the manual alphabet, by which words are spelled on the fingers. (h) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard. --Milton. (i) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed token or notice. The shops were, therefore, distinguished by painted signs, which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the streets. --Macaulay. (j) (Astron.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac. Note: The signs are reckoned from the point of intersection of the ecliptic and equator at the vernal equinox, and are named, respectively, {Aries} ([Aries]), {Taurus} ([Taurus]), {Gemini} (II), {Cancer} ([Cancer]), {Leo} ([Leo]), {Virgo} ([Virgo]), {Libra} ([Libra]), {Scorpio} ([Scorpio]), {Sagittarius} ([Sagittarius]), {Capricornus ([Capricorn]), {Aquarius} ([Aquarius]), {Pisces} ([Pisces]). These names were originally the names of the constellations occupying severally the divisions of the zodiac, by which they are still retained; but, in consequence of the procession of the equinoxes, the signs have, in process of time, become separated about 30 degrees from these constellations, and each of the latter now lies in the sign next in advance, or to the east of the one which bears its name, as the constellation Aries in the sign Taurus, etc. (k) (Alg.) A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign + (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division [f6], and the like. (l) (Med.) An objective evidence of disease; that is, one appreciable by some one other than the patient. Note: The terms symptom and and sign are often used synonymously; but they may be discriminated. A sign differs from a symptom in that the latter is perceived only by the patient himself. The term sign is often further restricted to the purely local evidences of disease afforded by direct examination of the organs involved, as distinguished from those evidence of general disturbance afforded by observation of the temperature, pulse, etc. In this sense it is often called physical sign. (m) (Mus.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc. (n) (Theol.) That which, being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance considered with reference to that which it represents. An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace. --Bk. of Common Prayer. Note: See the Table of {Arbitrary Signs}, p. 1924. {Sign manual}. (a) (Eng. Law) The royal signature superscribed at the top of bills of grants and letter patent, which are then sealed with the privy signet or great seal, as the case may be, to complete their validity. (b) The signature of one's name in one's own handwriting. --Craig. Tomlins. Wharton. Syn: Token; mark; note; symptom; indication; signal; symbol; type; omen; prognostic; presage; manifestation. See {Emblem}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Respect \Re*spect"\ (r?*sp?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Respected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Respecting}.] [L. respectare, v. intens. from respicere, respectum, to look back, respect; pref. re- re- + specere, spicere, to look, to view: cf. F. respecter. See {Spy}, and cf. {Respite}.] 1. To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed. Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood. --Shak. In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs. --Bacon. 2. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. [bd]I do respect thee as my soul.[b8] --Shak. 3. To look toward; to front upon or toward. [Obs.] Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so respect the [?][?]uth. --Sir T. Browne. 4. To regard; to consider; to deem. [Obs.] To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, And as his own respected him to death. --B. Jonson. 5. To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as, the treaty particularly respects our commerce. {As respects}, as regards; with regard to; as to. --Macaulay. {To respect the person} [or] {persons}, to favor a person, or persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. [bd]Ye shall not respect persons in judgment.[b8] --Deut. i. 17. Syn: To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stomach \Stom"ach\, n. [OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus, fr. Gr. sto`machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a mouth, any outlet or entrance.] 1. (Anat.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See {Digestion}, and {Gastric juice}, under {Gastric}. 2. The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef. --Shak. 3. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire. He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart. --Shak. 4. Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.] Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain. --Spenser. This sort of crying proceeding from pride, obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault lies, must be bent. --Locke. 5. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [Obs.] He was a man Of an unbounded stomach. --Shak. {Stomach pump} (Med.), a small pump or syringe with a flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or for injecting them into it. {Stomach tube} (Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction into the stomach. {Stomach worm} (Zo[94]l.), the common roundworm ({Ascaris lumbricoides}) found in the human intestine, and rarely in the stomach. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ascarid \As"ca*rid\, n.; pl. {Ascarides}or {Ascarids}. [NL. ascaris, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, {Ascaris lumbricoides}, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm ({Oxyuris}), often troublesome to children and aged persons. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mawworm \Maw"worm`\, n. [Maw the belly + worm.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common round worm ({Ascaris lumbricoides}), and allied species. (b) One of the larv[91] of botflies of horses; a bot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Asiarch \A"si*arch\, n. [L. Asiarcha, Gr. [?]; [?] + [?] ruler.] One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites. --Milner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Assurgency \As*sur"gen*cy\, n. Act of rising. The . . . assurgency of the spirit through the body. --Coleridge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Assurgent \As*sur"gent\, a. [L. assurgens, p. pr. of assurgere; ad + surgere to rise.] Ascending; (Bot.) rising obliquely; curving upward. --Gray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Terebra \[d8]Ter"e*bra\, n.; pl. E. {Terebras}, L. {Terebr[91]}. [L., a borer.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also {auger shell}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Augury \Au"gu*ry\, n.; pl. {Auguries}. [L. aucurium.] 1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination. 2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage. From their flight strange auguries she drew. --Drayton. He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness. --Prescott. 3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Augurist \Au"gu*rist\, n. An augur. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Augurous \Au"gu*rous\, a. Full of augury; foreboding. [Obs.] [bd]Augurous hearts.[b8] --Chapman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Augurship \Au"gur*ship\, n. The office, or period of office, of an augur. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Azure \Az"ure\ (?; 277), a. [F. & OSp. azur, Sp. azul, through Ar. from Per. l[be]jaward, or l[be]juward, lapis lazuli, a blue color, l[be]jaward[c6], l[be]juward[c6], azure, cerulean, the initial l having been dropped, perhaps by the influence of the Ar. azr-aq azure, blue. Cf. G. lasur, lasurstein, azure color, azure stone, and NL. lapis lazuli.] Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless. {Azure stone} (Min.), the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite. | |
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Azureous \A*zu"re*ous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of a fine blue color; azure. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Agricola, MS Zip code(s): 39452 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Asharoken, NY (village, FIPS 2737) Location: 40.94475 N, 73.39118 W Population (1990): 807 (346 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 13.3 sq km (water) | |
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Au Gres, MI (city, FIPS 4120) Location: 44.04421 N, 83.69281 W Population (1990): 838 (641 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48703 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
A* search find a minimal solution path before any other solution paths, if a solution exists, in other words, it is an "{admissible}" search algorithm. Each path is assigned a value based on the cost of the path (e.g. its length) and an (under)estimate of the cost of completing the path, i.e. the cost of a path from the end of the current path to a solution. (1995-03-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
accuracy Compare {precision}. (1998-04-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
aggregate type aggregate can be homogeneous (all elements have the same type) e.g. an {array}, a list in a {functional language}, a string of characters, a file; or it can be heterogeneous (elements can have different types) e.g. a {structure}. In most languages aggregates can contain elements which are themselves aggregates. e.g. a list of lists. See also {union}. (1996-03-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
aggregation {object} from one or more existing objects that support some or all of the new object's required interfaces. (1996-01-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
aggregator user-specified {RSS} feeds. An example is {BottomFeeder}. {(http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Technical_Services/Cataloguing/Metadata/RDF/Applications/RSS/News_Readers/)}. (2003-09-29) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Agriculture Tilling the ground (Gen. 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and rearing cattle were the chief employments in ancient times. The Egyptians excelled in agriculture. And after the Israelites entered into the possession of the Promised Land, their circumstances favoured in the highest degree a remarkable development of this art. Agriculture became indeed the basis of the Mosaic commonwealth. The year in Palestine was divided into six agricultural periods:- I. SOWING TIME. Tisri, latter half (beginning about the autumnal equinox.) Marchesvan. Kisleu, former half. Early rain due = first showers of autumn. II. UNRIPE TIME. Kisleu, latter half. Tebet. Sebat, former half. III. COLD SEASON. Sebat, latter half. Adar. [Veadar.] Nisan, former half. Latter rain due (Deut. 11:14; Jer. 5:24; Hos. 6:3; Zech. 10:1; James 5:7; Job 29:23). IV. HARVEST TIME. Nisan, latter half. (Beginning about vernal equinox. Barley green. Passover.) Ijar. Sivan, former half., Wheat ripe. Pentecost. V. SUMMER (total absence of rain) Sivan, latter half. Tammuz. Ab, former half. VI. SULTRY SEASON Ab, latter half. Elul. Tisri, former half., Ingathering of fruits. The six months from the middle of Tisri to the middle of Nisan were occupied with the work of cultivation, and the rest of the year mainly with the gathering in of the fruits. The extensive and easily-arranged system of irrigation from the rills and streams from the mountains made the soil in every part of Palestine richly productive (Ps. 1:3; 65:10; Prov. 21:1; Isa. 30:25; 32:2, 20; Hos. 12:11), and the appliances of careful cultivation and of manure increased its fertility to such an extent that in the days of Solomon, when there was an abundant population, "20,000 measures of wheat year by year" were sent to Hiram in exchange for timber (1 Kings 5:11), and in large quantities also wheat was sent to the Tyrians for the merchandise in which they traded (Ezek. 27:17). The wheat sometimes produced an hundredfold (Gen. 26:12; Matt. 13:23). Figs and pomegranates were very plentiful (Num. 13:23), and the vine and the olive grew luxuriantly and produced abundant fruit (Deut. 33:24). Lest the productiveness of the soil should be exhausted, it was enjoined that the whole land should rest every seventh year, when all agricultural labour would entirely cease (Lev. 25:1-7; Deut. 15:1-10). It was forbidden to sow a field with divers seeds (Deut. 22:9). A passer-by was at liberty to eat any quantity of corn or grapes, but he was not permitted to carry away any (Deut. 23:24, 25; Matt. 12:1). The poor were permitted to claim the corners of the fields and the gleanings. A forgotten sheaf in the field was to be left also for the poor. (See Lev. 19:9, 10; Deut. 24:19.) Agricultural implements and operations. The sculptured monuments and painted tombs of Egypt and Assyria throw much light on this subject, and on the general operations of agriculture. Ploughs of a simple construction were known in the time of Moses (Deut. 22:10; comp. Job 1:14). They were very light, and required great attention to keep them in the ground (Luke 9:62). They were drawn by oxen (Job 1:14), cows (1 Sam. 6:7), and asses (Isa. 30:24); but an ox and an ass must not be yoked together in the same plough (Deut. 22:10). Men sometimes followed the plough with a hoe to break the clods (Isa. 28:24). The oxen were urged on by a "goad," or long staff pointed at the end, so that if occasion arose it could be used as a spear also (Judg. 3:31; 1 Sam. 13:21). When the soil was prepared, the seed was sown broadcast over the field (Matt. 13:3-8). The "harrow" mentioned in Job 39:10 was not used to cover the seeds, but to break the clods, being little more than a thick block of wood. In highly irrigated spots the seed was trampled in by cattle (Isa. 32:20); but doubtless there was some kind of harrow also for covering in the seed scattered in the furrows of the field. The reaping of the corn was performed either by pulling it up by the roots, or cutting it with a species of sickle, according to circumstances. The corn when cut was generally put up in sheaves (Gen. 37:7; Lev. 23:10-15; Ruth 2:7, 15; Job 24:10; Jer. 9:22; Micah 4:12), which were afterwards gathered to the threshing-floor or stored in barns (Matt. 6:26). The process of threshing was performed generally by spreading the sheaves on the threshing-floor and causing oxen and cattle to tread repeatedly over them (Deut. 25:4; Isa. 28:28). On occasions flails or sticks were used for this purpose (Ruth 2:17; Isa. 28:27). There was also a "threshing instrument" (Isa. 41:15; Amos 1:3) which was drawn over the corn. It was called by the Hebrews a moreg, a threshing roller or sledge (2 Sam. 24:22; 1 Chr. 21:23; Isa. 3:15). It was somewhat like the Roman tribulum, or threshing instrument. When the grain was threshed, it was winnowed by being thrown up against the wind (Jer. 4:11), and afterwards tossed with wooden scoops (Isa. 30:24). The shovel and the fan for winnowing are mentioned in Ps. 35:5, Job 21:18, Isa. 17:13. The refuse of straw and chaff was burned (Isa. 5:24). Freed from impurities, the grain was then laid up in granaries till used (Deut. 28:8; Prov. 3:10; Matt. 6:26; 13:30; Luke 12:18). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ahasuerus There are three kings designated by this name in Scripture. (1.) The father of Darius the Mede, mentioned in Dan. 9:1. This was probably the Cyaxares I. known by this name in profane history, the king of Media and the conqueror of Nineveh. (2.) The king mentioned in Ezra 4:6, probably the Cambyses of profane history, the son and successor of Cyrus (B.C. 529). (3.) The son of Darius Hystaspes, the king named in the Book of Esther. He ruled over the kingdoms of Persia, Media, and Babylonia, "from India to Ethiopia." This was in all probability the Xerxes of profane history, who succeeded his father Darius (B.C. 485). In the LXX. version of the Book of Esther the name Artaxerxes occurs for Ahasuerus. He reigned for twenty-one years (B.C. 486-465). He invaded Greece with an army, it is said, of more than 2,000,000 soldiers, only 5,000 of whom returned with him. Leonidas, with his famous 300, arrested his progress at the Pass of Thermopylae, and then he was defeated disastrously by Themistocles at Salamis. It was after his return from this invasion that Esther was chosen as his queen. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Ahasuerus, prince; head; chief | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Azrikam, help, revenging |